Reportedly, there were blood stains on the uniform of the girl when she returned home. Her mother, too, noticed, her bleeding from the genital area. The child was rushed to SSKM hospital where it was declared that she had been sexually assaulted. The identification of the PT teacher as the accused was done by the child from a photo.

On December 5, it was reported, that a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her classmate inside the washroom of a school in Ghaziabad. The incident took place on November 8 and came to light only after the girl was taken to the hospital for treatment on December 1. The FIR has been registered against an ‘unidentified person’ under IPC Section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.